Evaluation of and Research on the Effectiveness of Social Think Tanks – A Case of Center for China & Globalization (CCG)

Abstract

Social think tanks are an important part of the construction of new think tanks with Chinese characteristics and their effectiveness is an important influencing factor of the competitiveness of China’s think tanks. The paper firstly analyzes the current situation of research on the problems relating to China’s social think tanks, then constructs social think tank effectiveness evaluation indicator system from the four aspects of management effectiveness, influence effectiveness, diversity effectiveness and innovation effectiveness, lastly, it evaluates and analysis the effectiveness of Center for China & Globalization (CCG) as an example, and offers the countermeasures and suggestions for improving its effectiveness.